* Brian Jackson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [25 Jun 2001 14:12]:
[....]
> I have programmed in C, Fortran, C++, Java, Awk, Korn Shell, but I am
> new to Perl. I already have a few quick reference documentation for
> Perl in a Linux in a nutshell book. I have money to buy just one Perl
> book. What is the best one book that I can get to teach me Perl??
I'd go for "Object Orient Perl" by Damian Conway. You already know how
to program, and the first few chapters gives you a crash course in the
idiom of Perl. The rest of the book gives you a solid grounding in
writing good, idiomatic, well-structured Perl.
Doesn't cover CGI much. So, if you want CGI, get the O'Reilly "CGI
Programming with Perl" book. But CGI is fairly easy to pick up anyway.
=)
cheers,
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